Brazilian Grand Prix
Round 1 · 23 March 1986 ·Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Senna
Team Lotus
2
Piquet
Williams
1
Laffite
Ligier
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet |  Brazilian | Williams | 61 | 1:39:32.583 | 9 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | Brazilian | Team Lotus | 61 | +34.827 | 6 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite |  French | Ligier | 61 | +59.759 | 4 |
| 4 | René Arnoux | French | Ligier | 61 | +1:28.429 | 3 |
| 5 | Martin Brundle |  British | Tyrrell | 60 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Benetton | 59 | +2 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Philippe Streiff | French | Tyrrell | 59 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Elio de Angelis |  Italian | Brabham | 58 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Johnny Dumfries | British | Team Lotus | 58 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Teo Fabi | Italian | Benetton | 56 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| R | Thierry Boutsen |  Belgian | Arrows | 37 | Exhaust | 0 |
| R | Michele Alboreto | Italian | Ferrari | 35 | Fuel system | 0 |
| R | Alain Prost | French | McLaren | 30 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Christian Danner |  German | Osella | 29 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Stefan Johansson |  Swedish | Ferrari | 26 | Brakes | 0 |
| R | Patrick Tambay | French | Lola | 24 | Battery | 0 |
| R | Riccardo Patrese | Italian | Brabham | 21 | Water leak | 0 |
| R | Jonathan Palmer | British | Zakspeed | 20 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Marc Surer |  Swiss | Arrows | 19 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Alessandro Nannini | Italian | Minardi | 18 | Clutch | 0 |
| R | Andrea de Cesaris | Italian | Minardi | 16 | Turbo | 0 |
| R | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italian | Osella | 16 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Keke Rosberg |  Finnish | McLaren | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Alan Jones |  Australian | Lola | 5 | Injection | 0 |
| R | Nigel Mansell | British | Williams | 0 | Spun off | 0 |
- R
- Retired